BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T020000 RDATE:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190112T233358Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190129T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190129T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190112T233358Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190129T175300Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250474825 DESCRIPTION:One thing that became abundantly clear in 2018 is that our re lationships with our phones\, and digital technologies in general\, bega n to seem less like a partnership and more like an indentured servitude. \;\n \;\nThe zeitgeist last year was saturated with terms like “d igital attention crisis\,” “distraction addiction\,” “mindful tech\,” et hical technology\,” and “time well spent.” When\, in August\, Facebook a nd Instagram introduced a new dashboard to tell us how long we’ve spent inside their apps\, they were responding to a groundswell of concern tha t these apps are hijacking our attention in ways that are not aligned wi th users’ best interests but\, rather\, mainly with the interests of adv ertisers. “Engagement\,” the chief currency of Silicon Valley since the first personalized ad appeared\, has become inextricably linked with the hidden design practices that prioritize user time on platform above all other considerations. As a result\, we’ve all begun to feel the pinch o f “the cost of free.” \;\n \;\nIn 2018 some of us started pushing back. People like former Google Design Ethicist Tristan Harris and group s like the Center for Humane Technology sought to make our digital tools more human-centered\, more accountable and maybe a little less less pow erful -- and their views flipped from fringe to the mainstream in what h as been called a “techlash.” \;\n \;\nOn January 29\, we’ll gather for a hands-on look at how design is at the heart of this issue: the bo ttomless newsfeeds\, the limited menu choices\, the proliferating Autopl ay function\, notifications set to “ON” by default\, and all the intermi ttent variable rewards that turn our phones into slot machines with dopa mine payouts. \;\n \;\nWe’ll examine our own relationships to our devices and the apps we can’t stop looking at. And we’ll explore what a truly human-centered digital ecosystem could look like. \;\n \;\nP CDT organizer Patrick Sharbaugh will be joined by Dr. Dan Rubin\, a Port land clinical psychologist who specializes in mindfulness-based psychoth erapy and is an adjunct professor of psychology of Maitripa College\, wh ere he teaches courses on the intersection of psychology and Buddhism. D an and Patrick are both active members of the Community for Humane Techn ology\, the outreach arm of the Center for Humane Technology whose aim i s to align technology to humanity's best interests. \;\n \;\nBring your mobile device. You’ll need it! \;\n\n\nTags: design\, designthi nking\, hcd\, ethical design\, humanetech\, ux\n\nImported from: http:// calagator.org/events/1250474825 URL:https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Community-Design-Thinkers/events/2576 93072/ SUMMARY:Addictive By Design: How Our Phones Hijacked Our Lives and What W e Can Do About It [Portland Community Design Thinkers] LOCATION:Vacasa Office: 850 NW 13th Ave.\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR